Assistant Deputy Secretary Nadya Chinoy Dabby will deliver opening remarks today at an event in Washington, D.C., to honor organizations that help students graduate from high school ready for college or a career. The event is being hosted by DC Promise Neighborhood (DCPNI) and AT&T.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will join mayors from around the country to discuss their role in helping to advance high-quality education, especially for the neediest children at Politico’s “What Works” Summit in Washington, D.C.

David Johns, executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans (WHIEEAA), will be the guest speaker at an Askwith Forum hosted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) at 5:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Dec. 2, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

U.S. Under Secretary Ted Mitchell will travel to Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, Dec. 2, where he will spotlight efforts to make college more accessible and affordable and conduct a student roundtable to hear directly from students about their college experience.

The White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education (WHIAIANE), in partnership with the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation (UIATF), the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, the Seattle Indian Health Board and the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, will conduct the final...

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will speak at a swearing-in ceremony for new and re-appointed members of the National Assessment Governing Board in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. ET. The board oversees the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), known to many as...

The White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education (WHIAIANE), in partnership with the Tulsa Public schools, will conduct the eighth session of the WHIAIANE School Environment Listening Tour on Friday, Nov. 21, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

U.S. Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell will host a roundtable with students at Northeastern University in Boston at noon on Thursday, Nov. 20, to discuss the Education Department’s interests and investments in higher education, and to hear from students on how their university is...